North blotter: Man arrives drunk on first day of work, punches manager for firing him

Eddie Ritz Sy O'Neill @SyONeill2

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Jun 12, 2018 at 12:01 AMJun 12, 2018 at 4:14 PM

PALM BEACH GARDENS POLICE

BATTERY

A man’s first day working at an eatery in the 9900 block of Alternate A1A became his last after he showed up intoxicated. After being told he was fired, the man became angry and slammed the door to the restaurant. He then began yelling at the manager who fired him. He shoved the manager and punched him in the mouth before the manager grabbed him and they both fell into some shrubbery. The manager then managed to subdue the intoxicated man until police arrived. The man was arrested on a charge of battery, issued a notice to appear and given an 18-month trespass warning for the restaurant.

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THEFT

With a hankering for an ice-cold, alcoholic lemonade, a man grabbed one from the cooler at a store in the 9800 block of Alternate A1A and ran from the store. The clerk said the man ran to some nearby bushes and pulled out a backpack and a skateboard before skating away. There was no video surveillance footage. The beverage was worth $2.

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A man selected two power drills worth $240 each at a store in the 3800 block of Northlake Boulevard. He then strolled around the store for a while before walking out without paying. He made no attempt to conceal the tools and was stopped by a loss prevention officer. The man handed the merchandise back before fleeing in a vehicle. The loss prevention officer got the license plate number, but when police ran the plate it said it was from a different make and model vehicle.

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JUPITER POLICE

THEFT

Using a motorized shopping cart, a woman drove around a store in the 6300 block of West Indiantown Road and began selecting merchandize. Filling shopping bags she had brought with her, the woman then drove out without paying. Stopped before she could get away, the woman was escorted back inside to await police. The items she attempted to steal, which included fried chicken, candy bars, pies and ice cream, were recovered. A criminal history check showed the woman had multiple convictions for grand theft. She was arrested and later taken to jail.

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After being caught attempting to steal a beer from a store in the 100 block of West Indiantown Road, a man told the clerk he needed it for medicinal purposes. He then told the clerk to look away. The clerk told him no and the man replied that she was being unfair. He then stole the beer anyway and was reported heading east before police arrived. The beer was worth $3.

Two men selected various merchandise while inside a store in the 1600 block of West Indiantown Road. Carrying the items, the pair then exited through an emergency exit and jumped into a waiting car. A third man, who was seen with the pair earlier, was still inside the store when the pair fled through the emergency exit. He quickly left the shopping cart he had been pushing, made his way to the front of the store where he exited and got into the same car as the two other men. The reformed threesome then fled the area. With a description of the vehicle, an officer spotted the car near the intersection of Island Way and West Indiantown Road. When the perpetrators realized they had been spotted, they stopped and ran from the car. Responding officers quickly rounded up the perpetrators. The two men who had exited the store with the stolen merchandise were charged with grand theft. The third man was charged with accessory after the fact. They were placed in handcuffs and, after processing, taken to jail.

DISORDERLY INTOXICATION

Trespassing outside a residence in the first block of North Hepburn Avenue, an intoxicated man refused to leave. Police asked the man to leave three times and with each request he became more argumentative. With a raised voice he began talking about his level of intoxication and causing a scene. He was arrested for disorderly intoxication.

BATTERY

Arguing with his wife and drinking alcoholic beverages all day, a man was locked out of his own residence in the 100 block of Promenade Way. The man had taken his wife’s purse and when she grabbed it back, he shoved and kicked her. She then fled the home and he pursued her around the pool area. She quickly ran back into the house and locked him out. When police arrived, the man was found pounding on the door screaming "open the door." The man was arrested for simple battery and, after processing, taken to jail.

VEHICLE BURGLARY

A man left his unlocked truck parked in the driveway of his residence in the 100 block of Greentree Circle overnight. When he checked on the vehicle the next day, he discovered the center console was open and that the handgun he left inside was gone.

NORTH PALM BEACH POLICE

VEHICLE BURGLARY

A designer handbag, a gun, ammunition and an electric razor were stolen from an SUV in the 400 block of Driftwood Road. The items were worth over $800.

DRUGS

A man suffering from a possible heroin overdose at a facility in the 700 block of Hummingbird Way, was given Narcan by fire rescue workers. When conscious, the man refused to say how, when or where he took the heroin. He was transported to Palm Beach Gardens Hospital.

MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

DISORDERLY INTOXICATION

Deputies were alerted to a motorist thought to be driving under the influence in the 8700 block of Southeast Bridge Road in Hobe Sound. A witness saw the man run his vehicle into a hedge in a parking lot, then stumble out of his vehicle and into a convenience store. A deputy located the man and observed his glassy eyes, slurred speech and boozy breath. He arrested the man, a 54-year-old Hobe Sound resident, and took him to the county jail.

DRUGS

A motorist not wearing her seat belt caught the eye of a deputy at a traffic light in the area of Southeast Salerno Road and Southeast Federal Highway in Stuart. He stopped her vehicle and, while doing a background check, learned she was on supervised probation. One term of her probation required she be searched. The deputy found two empty and one full syringe in her possession, along with pills that were determined to be controlled substances. The 20-year-old Stuart woman was arrested and taken to the county jail.

THEFT

A 74-year-old woman was detained outside a store in the 3200 block of Northwest Federal Highway in Jensen Beach after an employee saw her shoplifting two blouses. She was found in possession of only once stolen blouse valued at $48. When advised by a deputy that the store was pressing charges against her, the woman commented, "I get in this much trouble for one shirt? It’s my first time doing this." The woman was given a notice to appear in court and a trespass warning from the store.

ST. LUCIE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

DRIVING WITH SUSPENDED LICENSE

A deputy stopped a motorist in the area of Citrus Avenue and South U.S. 1 in Fort Pierce because his vehicle’s license plate lights were inoperable. A check revealed that his license was suspended, and he was arrested. In his vehicle, the deputy found three fake passports with the man’s photo on them. The man, a 41-year-old Fort Pierce resident, said he had the passports made in Miami. He was taken to the county jail.

LOITERING OR PROWLING

Alerted by a 911 call concerning a suspicious person, a deputy went to the 400 block of South Market Road in Fort Pierce at 3:15 a.m. He found a woman outside her car, which was parked on the side of the road near a charitable organization. She told the deputy that her car was pulling to the right, so she pulled over. The deputy checked the tires, which all appeared to be fine. A background check showed the 48-year-old woman lived only a mile or two away. The deputy noticed a chandelier and a shoe rack on the ground by her car. Investigation revealed she had been taking items out of a receptacle on the organization’s property. She was arrested, but resisted the deputy’s attempt to handcuff her, earning herself an additional charge.

PORT ST. LUCIE POLICE

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT

A woman arrived at her home int he first block of Montilla Way to find her neighbor, with whom she has an ongoing dispute, in her carport carrying window screening and a box cutter. She asked the neighbor what she was doing, and the neighbor took a swipe at her with the box cutter. The woman called police. An officer found an estimated $400 in damage to the woman’s window screens and frames and on two doors. He went next door to speak to the neighbor, who appeared intoxicated and claimed she had been asleep in bed. However, the clothes the neighbor was wearing matched the description given by the victim. The neighbor was arrested and taken to the county jail.

DISTURBANCE

A 62-year-old woman did not take the news well when told she was being trespassed from a church in the 2300 block of Southeast Mariposa Avenue. She started a profanity-laced tirade, disrupting church-goers arriving in the parking lot. She also resisted officers’ attempts to take her into custody. She was arrested and taken to an area hospital before being lodged in the county jail.

FORT PIERCE POLICE

WEAPONS VIOLATION

A man was taken into custody in the 2600 block of Avenue N after being found in possession of a gun.

THEFT

A dirt bike was stolen in the 1000 block of South 27th Circle.

A man stole a tip jar from a restaurant in the 1800 block of North US 1.

A bike was stolen in the 2800 block of Citrus Avenue.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF

Someone damaged the cabana room near a community pool in the 2500 block of Creekside Drive.

Spray paint was found on the side of a building in the 1900 block of Georgia Avenue.

DRUGS

Police went to a business in the 7000 block of Okeechobee Road to investigate a report of a driver slumped over the wheel of his running vehicle. The driver was found in possession of a controlled substance and was arrested.

COUNTERFEIT MONEY

A man paid for food at a restaurant in the 7100 block of Okeechobee Road using fake money.

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